Officials from the N.H.L. and the players union met over the weekend for the first time in more than two weeks, spurring hope of a meaningful push toward a settlement of the seven-week-old lockout.
Bill Daly, the N.H.L. deputy commissioner, and Steve Fehr, the union?s special counsel, met from early Saturday afternoon until about 1 a.m. Sunday at an undisclosed location in the first bargaining session between the deadlocked parties since Oct. 18.
?We had a series of meetings over the course of the day and had a good, frank discussion on the most important issues separating us,? Daly said in a statement released Sunday. ?We plan to meet again early in the week.?
In response to Daly, Fehr said, ?Hopefully we can continue the dialogue, expand the group and make steady progress.?
The two sides met one day after the N.H.L. canceled the Jan. 1 Winter Classic. The league had already canceled all games scheduled for October and November, amounting to 26.5 percent of the season.
The union had sought to reopen bargaining since Oct. 18, when Commissioner Gary Bettman rejected three union proposals. The main point of contention is how existing contracts will be honored once the players? split of overall revenue is reduced to 5o percent, from 57.
In the most recent offers presented by each side last month, the union wanted existing contracts guaranteed in full. The league proposed a plan under which players signing future contracts would take deeper cuts to defray the cost of honoring the existing deals.
Source: http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/n-h-l-and-union-resume-talks/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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